Urban Sketchers Symposium July 22-25

Urban Sketchers Symposium

Singapore 2015

Registration is still open for the International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Singapore July 22-25. 

Join the amazing faculty for top-notch programming open to sketchers of all levels, experience, and backgrounds!

Workshop passes and Sketching passes are still available – standard registration is open through May 31.

For more information about the Symposium including schedule and registration information, please visit http://singapore2015.urbansketchers.org/.

May Sketch Group at Greenbelt Park

Next sketch group

Saturday, May 2

Greenbelt Park, Island Drive (Mud Island/Harbor Town)

10:00 AM

Meet at the big green bike rack!

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend. 

Sketching at Elmwood Cemetery

Earlier today we braved the wind and near-rain to meet up at Elmwood Cemetery, one of our favorite places in Memphis to sketch.

Sketches from the Old Forest in Overton Park

Earlier in April we went to the Old Forest in Overton Park, led by frequent Old Forest visitor Martha Kelly. It was such a peaceful setting and we were all inspired.

Memphis Food Truck Festival

There was live music at the Memphis Food Truck Festival

The First Act

 3 Musicians

 

Setting up

One of the sponsors

Liberty Bowl Stadium

Setting up

Waiting for food at food truck

Waiting for food

April Sketch Group at the Old Forest at Overton Park

Next sketch group

Saturday, April 4

Overton Park - Old Forest

10:00 AM

We'll meet at Veterans Plaza.

Please comment here or on our Facebook page if you plan to attend.  

Sketch by Martha Kelly, who will lead us through the Old Forest!

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Bach in the Library

Mark plays for the Birthday Boy.

Mark and Amy play the Goldberg Variations. 

Mark and Amy play Siciliano.

March Sketch Group

On Saturday our sketch group met at the National Ornamental Metal Museum, which sits right on the Mississippi River. It was a perfect day for sketching - still snow on the ground, but the sun shining so bright it kept us warm long enough to sketch outside. The Museum is home to a working foundry and smithy, where they were having a class in blacksmithing, and we sketched in there, too.

Sketching at the National Ornamental Iron Museum

Four urban sketchers showed up at the National Ornamental Iron Museum on an unusual March day because snow was still on the ground. I sketched mostly outside looking at the Mississippi River, with a quick stop inside the foundry to warm up.

Waiting for the Museum to open

 At the furnace

Metal objects              Men grinding

Mississippi River bridge

Mississippi bridge and a cat

Bell and bench on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River

March Gathering of Memphis Urban Sketchers

The Memphis Urban Sketchers will meet at the National Ornamental Metal Museum Saturday, March 7, 2015.  We will meet at the entrance to the museum at 10:00 a.m.  Weather permitting, we will be able to draw outdoors.  Those who wish to draw inside the museum will need to pay the museum entrance fee of $5.00.  The museum overlooks the Mississippi River at 374 Metal Museum Drive.